Hi,
RE: > Have you tried > analyze table x; This was quick: mysql> analyze table TEST; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text CAT.TEST analyze status Table is already up to date -------------------------- mysql> show index from TEST; +-------+------------+------------+--------------+-------------+-----------+-------------+----------+--------+------+------------+---------+ | Table | Non_unique | Key_name | Seq_in_index | Column_name | Collation | Cardinality | Sub_part | Packed | Null | Index_type | Comment | +-------+------------+------------+--------------+-------------+-----------+-------------+----------+--------+------+------------+---------+ | TEST | 1 | MMtestfiel | 1 | MMtestfiel | A | 838 | NULL | NULL | | BTREE | NULL | | TEST | 1 | MMi_m | 1 | MMi_m | A | 25857 | NULL | NULL | YES | BTREE | NULL | +-------+------------+------------+--------------+-------------+-----------+-------------+----------+--------+------+------------+---------+ --------------------------- I am trying to figure out what the "Packed" field means. Gaspar -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]